PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Financial management is mission-critical to the health and vitality of small business (SMB), but it’s also one of the most difficult tasks for entrepreneurs and business owners that may have the skills to launch new products or services, but lack the accounting expertise to handle the numbers. The firm secured $1.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A new report from Capital One examined this question, focusing on how technological disruption will affect its finances. Yet, only a minority have implemented tangible strategies to manage technological disruption, such as the collection of data for further analysis, regular firewall testing or the development of proactive countermeasures.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

trillion gap in global trade finance — continues to be used as a driver of FinTech innovation as technology startups look for ways to address friction in global trade financing. Standard Chartered is the latest bank to embrace FinTech collaboration to tackle the trade finance gap, having announced Tuesday (Sept. ADCB And dltledgers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. The latest analysis from Accenture finds new evidence that investors have been acting on their B2B interest for some time. This week’s blockchain investment comes from Square Peg Capital, which provided $5.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

The whirlwind of FinTech investment shows no signs of slowing. In fact, new data from venture capital (VC) analysis firm CB Insights, analyzed by global management consulting and professional services firm Accenture Financial Services, suggests FinTech startups’ VC funding hit a new high last year, with major deals in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

More than $30 million in venture capital stuck around the U.K., We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. ’s AimBrain deploys biometric authentication technology to combat fraud for FinTechs and financial institutions. EaseCentral.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Cardlay, based in the U.K., Also in the U.K.,

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Further, the competition is not just another bank that might make a loan or take a deposit, but it could be a credit union, insurance company, retail store, or a fintech. However, community banks largely exclude these big institutions from their SWOT or competitive analysis.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has, as finews.asia reported this past week, amended its credit risk management guidelines in a way that seeks to boost the embrace of analytics when lending to smaller firms. Cash invested on the platform, said the company, stands at $2.7 Open Banking Partnerships – Focus On Romania.

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CB Insights

JUNE 21, 2021

Future of Fintech 2021 (October 5-6, NYC) will provide updates on this activity and in-depth analysis on important trends driving financial services. Here are the key topics that you can expect to learn more about at Future of Fintech : Banking . Wealth Management & Capital Markets . Banking-as-a-service .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The corporate expense management market doesn’t look like it once did. The commercial card and expense management market is yet another space in which collaboration between FIs and FinTechs has proved key to driving innovative tools – especially as corporates grow weary with the traditional legacy services their banks provide.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

And while the concept initially set its sights on elevating the consumer banking experience, the data integration drive continues to expand into new use cases, including business banking, that open up opportunity through bank-FinTech collaboration and data integration. Citi Drives ISO 20022 Adoption With Volante.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

FinTech Codat onto its roster of partners. The deal is the newest partnership from Virgin Money as it keeps building out its working capital wellness offering, which comprises part of its commitment connected to a recent 35 million pound (approximately $47.84 1) announcement. million pounds (approximately $10.26

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

But mobile devices are an increasingly important part of a small business’ financial management strategy, adding another channel on which banks and FinTechs must innovate to disrupt and improve SMB finances. But outside of basic accounting, manual processes and paper still rule. ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 and Asia, and PYMNTS lined up all the B2B FinTechs that recently scored fresh funding. Travel and Expense Management. Workforce Management.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Capital One released a new survey Thursday (April 6) to uncover why payment professionals who aware of the benefits of new technologies are holding themselves back from actually adopting those tools. Capital One and the NAPCP also found patterns based on the size of the company in which a payments professional works.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

This week’s B2B venture capital roundup includes a slew of companies experimenting with enterprise data use cases. They include Internet of Things (IoT)-connected manufacturing machines, cross-platform financial data analysis, predictive analytics for inventory management and more. Access Fintech.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

KPMG had some bad news for the FinTech world this week. Along with CB Insights, KPMG researchers found in their latest quarterly analysis that FinTech investment by venture capitalists declined across the globe in Q3 of this year. Their “ Pulse of Fintech “ report found $2.4 Alternative Lending.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The average size is about $300 million, and quite a few are focusing on Fintech and financial services. Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Let’s narrow down the story to Fintech, using data from Spactrack. That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The average size is about $300 million, and quite a few are focusing on Fintech and financial services. Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Let’s narrow down the story to Fintech, using data from Spactrack. That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It may be an open road for open banking as, three years after the rollout of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), bank-FinTech collaborations and new initiatives unlocking bank account data continue to flourish. Visa Launches FinTech Collaboration Initiative In Europe. Poland's mBank Taps Treasury Pricing FinTech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Expense management technology is now a saturated market, particularly for the small business space – which is notoriously difficult to serve, because they are too small for large, enterprise-grade solutions, but too large for consumer-specialized tools. ” What is clear, though, is that demand for T&E technologies is on the rise.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 4, 2016

Fintech is far from a U.S.-only The week’s top raises runs the gamut from online investments to the integration of Africa’s growing financial space; from the analysis of loan quality and security to the ever-more transparent P2P sector; to providing access to the vast Read More.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

B2B FinTechs are once again showing off the versatility of the corporate card. In Asia, venture capitalists have backed two commercial card startups — one in China, targeting employee expense management, and one in India, with a focus on linking startups to credit without the need for a personal guarantee.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

With open banking technologies making their way beyond the world of consumer finance and into the business banking market, new use cases are emerging from the legislation that opens up bank account data and offers FinTechs opportunities for new functionalities via deeper data integrations. Emerging Use Cases.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. ” Capital On Tap Enables Receipt Bank Card. Capital on Tap wields the commercial card to connect small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to financing.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

FinTech Paysend is introducing Global Account, its international, fee-free mobile money account with a multi-currency wallet, to European users, the company announced on Thursday (Feb. Paysend analysis shows that people can save as much as £1.25 million Series B fundraising round from GVA Capital. million in the firm.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

The technology uses Microsoft Azure and PowerBI technology to help companies within the LTPAC space manage data and access analysis via dashboards. The healthcare industry is increasingly a focus for FinTech companies looking to solve issues of accounts receivable.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

At the broader level, commercial card innovators — both within the T&E arena and elsewhere — are pressing further into the spend management space, heightening the ability for businesses to control and analyze expenses as more companies tighten their belts and focus on recovery. Expensify Links Cards To Booking.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2024

Of small business owners who applied for a business loan in early 2023, 6 in 10 found it difficult to find affordable financing, and overall, 77% are concerned about their access to capital according to a survey from Goldman Sachs. If you’re willing to borrow at predatory rates, you can get capital. The problem is even worse in 2024.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Currently, these businesses are finding funding sources such as Small Business Administration loans, equipment financing loans, or other lines of credit from fintechs and niche players in the market like American Express, PayPal, Mercury, Blue Vine and OnDeck. According to Cornerstone analysis, roughly 50% of U.S.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Another option is to make small business lending more efficient and borrower-friendly so that the financial institution can win, process, and manage more loans without big increases in staffing or other expenses. However, both of those approaches could hurt bank returns and potentially increase risk for the institution.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

But many of these areas of capital outflow suffer the same points of friction, says Erik Ingvoldstad, chief experience officer and co-founder of Norway-based payments technology firm EedenBull. Further, he told PYMNTS in a recent interview, those challenges don’t discriminate between companies large or small.

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CB Insights

APRIL 12, 2018

To stay relevant with customers and ahead of regulations, major banks in Europe have been implementing a number of strategies, including investing in the fintech startups the regulations enable. FINTECH IN EUROPE RESEARCH BRIEFING. In this briefing, we’ll sail across the pond and dive into the booming European fintech space.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 22, 2022

There were several critical strategy errors in Commodore’s history, most of them stemming from management not caring and taking the time to collect and analyze data. While banking doesn’t move as fast as technology, the rise of fintechs and neobanks are speeding things up. The Demise of Commodore. Here are ten: 10.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

The company revealed the funding from an array of backers including National Australia Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Portag3, and Exhibition Capital. Existing investors CRV, Social Capital, BDC IT Venture Fund and BDC Capital, OMERS Ventures, HarbourVest and OurCrowd also participated, Wave said.

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